Devadasi

Even though the practice is outlawed and pressure from human rights groups mount, an evil practice continues.

In India, poor people (especially the Dalits) sometimes dedicate their young daughters to a life of service in a local temple. These girls are Devadasi, "god's female servants." They function as prostitutes, serving priests, temple workers, local landlords, and other men with money or power. Their patron deity is supposed to be pleased by this. Parents who give up their daughters in this way are hoping to appease the gods. The practice is an ancient one, spread all over India.

A law bans the Devadasi, but there are more than 450,000 of them. Poverty and the girls' position in the caste system render the law ineffective. In their villages, the girls are considered public property. They are not allowed to marry or have a family life. If they attempt to give up their role, their society rejects them. If they flee to a city, they have little choice but to practice the only trade they know. They are trapped in a world of poverty and exploitation, and they often contract awful diseases.  

Yet Jesus can redeem their world. Please pray that many of these communities will obey national laws and stop this practice. Pray for the local churches that are ministering God's grace, restoration, and healing to these innocent girls.

"…But where sin increased, grace increased all the more…" (Romans 5:20)

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Several Ways You Can Help Asia International Mission 

1) Invite President Russ Sharrock to speak in your church regarding Asia International Mission.

2) Help support our Children’s Home

3) Give toward a project (i.e. Bibles, Clean water wells for Lepers, Sponsor a Child, Evangelistic open air meetings, Pastoral Training, Disaster Relief).

4) Share about AIM with your Missions Committee or Bible Study Group.

5) Sign-up for our E-newsletter so you can keep in-formed concerning day to day operations, upcoming mission trips, and new projects.

6) Sponsor your pastor to join AIM on a mission trip. Also, encourage members to join us on a mission trip.

7) Give to the Asia International Mission General Fund. AIM gives 100% of designated gifts to the designation. Hence, we rely on your special undesignated gift to help fund the administrative costs.

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Prayer Requests

Pray for a harvest of new believers in India.

Pray for more sponsors to support and expand the work in India.

Pray that the new believers will grow in spite of opposition from anti-Christian groups.

Asia International Mission is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) non-profit ministry. 

All gifts are tax-deductible and 100% of donations are used as designated

The Supremacy of God Among All the Nations

God's great goal in and throughout all of history is to uphold and display the glory of His name for the enjoyment of His people from all the nations. The question now is: why does God pursue the goal of displaying His glory by focusing the missionary task on all the peoples of the world? How does this 

missionary aim serve best to achieve God's goal?

The first thing we notice in considering this question is how the ultimate goal of God's glory is confirmed through the missionary attention focused on the people groups of the world. For example, Paul said, “Through Him and for His (Christ’s) name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.”   (Romans 1:5)

Missions is for the glory of Christ! Its goal is to reestablish the supremacy of Christ among the peoples of the world. Similarly in Romans 15:9 Paul says that Christ did his own missionary work and inspired Paul's "…so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy." So the goal of Christ's mission and ours is that God might be glorified by the nations as they experience his mercy.

Accordingly, the consummation of missions is described in Revelation 5:9 as persons from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation worshiping the Lamb and declaring the infinite worth of His glory. All of this is in accord with the repeated Old Testament calls to “Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.” (Psalm 96:3)

Truly, the goal of missions is to glorify God!

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Spread the Word

One of the greatest ways that you can help Asia International Mission fulfill our mission is by spreading the word about what we do. It’s amazing what God can do when we’re willing to share what He’s doing in us. If you’ve been moved by the ministry of AIM, tell someone about it.

Get The Word Out

Here are a few ways to spread the word:

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Prayer Requests

Pray that the Lord of the harvest might send more laborers onto His harvest fields.

For God’s victory and destiny for the 70% of the world-wide body that is suffering persecution.

Pray for open doors to plant more churches on the mission field.

Asia International Mission is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) non-profit ministry. 

All gifts are tax-deductible and 100% of donations are used as designated